Program 616: Zagreb; Natchez; Leave Only Footprints

Learn why Croatia's capital, Zagreb, is a hidden gem for visitors to eastern central Europe, where tourist crowds have never been a problem. Author Richard Grant tells us why Natchez is called the quirkiest town in Mississippi, and what its slave-owning history can teach America today. And reporter Conor Knighton tells us what he learned after spending a year exploring every US national park.

• Zagreb-based tour guide Darija Gotic  
• Historian and guide Ben Curtis, author of "A Traveller's History of Croatia" (Interlink)
• Richard Grant, author of "The Deepest South of All: True Stories from Natchez, Mississippi" (Simon and Schuster)
• CBS-TV correspondent Conor Knighton, author of "Leave Only Footprints" (Crown)

• Rick's online guide to Zagreb, Croatia.
• Tour guide Darija Gotic in Zagreb can be contacted through the Zagreb Guides website.
• Ben Curtis has written "A Traveller's History of Croatia" and "The Habsburgs: The History of a Dynasty."
• Richard Grant writes for Smithsonian magazine, the New York Times, and other publications. He is the author of "The Deepest South of All."
• The website for Visit Natchez has a new slogan for the city, "Where the river is wide
• and the history runs deep."
• Richard Grant talks with Rick about his experiences renovating a farmhouse on the Mississippi Delta on Travel with Rick Steves program #434A, which last aired in July 2018.
• He also describes touring options in the Mississippi Delta region on program #449 from July 2016.
• Conor Knighton writes about visiting each of 59 US national parks in one year, in his book, "Leave Only Footprints." Conor recently filmed a profile of Rick's lockdown experience at his home in Edmonds, Washington; it is expected to air soon on CBS Sunday Morning.
• CBS Sunday Morning features an excerpt from Conor's audio book on its website.